Peavey PVi 100 Dynamic Handheld Microphone (1/4 Phone Cable)

Surprised Me!

First off, I'm a professional in the audio/video industry. I use equipment like this every day. Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't go around purchasing sub-$ microphones for most of my work. That said, however, this microphone surprises me. It has the look and feel of standard professional microphones and the sound quality is more than acceptable. I'm using two of these mics for podcast recording. It's just two of us sitting around a table, v... Show Moreery low-tech. As long as we're close to the mics, they have pretty strong output and reject a lot of the room noise. If you back up too much, the volume drops drastically. It's not really that much of a problem for our setup though. Like any microphone, popping is a problem if you get too close, as well as proximity effect. There is a nice sweet spot, and you just have to experiment to find it.The mics I purchased are all black, no silver grill like is seen in most photos of the mic. Didn't matter to me very much because I like the all-black look (just wanted to mention it to avoid surprises). The mics have a pro feel to them because they are metal housed and are fairly heavy.I'd highly recommend the PVi 100 for small recording projects like podcasts, and for small public address systems. I haven't had an opportunity to test one in a large room with a big system yet, so I can't really comment there, but I suspect it would do well. I wouldn't use it for pro voice over projects and maybe not for micing several people at once. Overall, the PVi 100 is a good microphone and for what you'll pay, it's excellent! I'm very happy with mine.Show Less

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